Contact sorting order

F

Franco Monti

I keep my contacts in the <First Name> <Last Name> format, but Entourage
sorts them alphabetically by the Last Name field. How can I keep my contact
sorted based on the First Name instead?
 
M

Mickey Stevens

On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.
Paste the following in, and then click "Run" on the toolbar. When it's
done, open your address Book, and go to View > Columns > Custom 3 (or
whichever). Then, click the "Custom 3" column header to sort alphabetically
by first name.

-- Based on a script by Paul Berkowitz
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set allContacts to every contact
repeat with aContact in my allContacts
tell aContact
set fName to first name
set its custom field three to fName -- any number one through eight
end tell
end repeat
beep
activate
display dialog "All done!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 1
end tell
 
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